I was crylaughing all the way through this!<p>I really wish the steps he proposes at the end were that simple, but with people at full time jobs a lot of times its not that simple, and even with that there lots of mistakes to be made<p>I'd recommend however that everyone read this blog by Aline Lerner, lots of amazing insights into making the Techincal interview process waaaaay better <a href="http://blog.alinelerner.com/what-happens-when-you-stop-relying-on-resumes/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.alinelerner.com/what-happens-when-you-stop-relyi...</a>
Sounds about right. Had an 8 hour interview with a fruit company and some of the questions got pretty ridiculous.<p>Them: pull out a product they make, "Can you explain in detail how this product works"<p>Me: in my head "If I new in detail I wouldn't be applying for this position", but actually to them "sure but can I have some requirements and limitations on the design first, and from there began a excruciating interview process.